Aaron Goempel began his Easter by dying eggs with his girlfriend. He ended it in jail.
The 27-year-old Brookline man was arrested just after midnight Sunday after throwing hard-boiled eggs at his girlfriend and wrestling with police officers coming to her aid, according to court documents. At one point during the struggle to restrain him, he reached for a nearby sword, authorities said.
He remains in the Allegheny County Jail.
According to court documents, Mr. Goempel and his girlfriend were preparing for Easter by dying eggs in the living room of a residence on Wareman Avenue.
They got into an argument about Mr. Goempel's infidelities, police said, and Mr. Goempel threw eggs at her, hitting her right eye and raising a bump.
She called the police. By the time they got there, Mr. Goempel had barricaded himself in his room.
The officers knew him: Mr. Goempel has been arrested multiple times for public drunkenness and disorderly conduct, police said. He also has a reputation as a spitter, according to court documents.
Breaking in, officers saw Mr. Goempel reaching toward a collection of knives and swords on his bedroom dresser. They quickly subdued him, though not before he kicked one officer in the crotch.
Taking no chances with spit, the officers slipped a pillowcase over Mr. Goempel's head before taking him to the police car.
He is charged with aggravated and simple assault.
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